Here’s how the men’s and women’s draw went, and here are the top tennis players to watch

The 2023 US Open tennis tournament will be the last major event of the season at the Grand Slam level. The best tennis players will be present and there is a lot of expectation for what can happen between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, strong candidates for the title and with the world number 1 in play for men, while for women. Iga Swiatek starts as the favourite. Find out how the painting was drawn.

The tournament will be played in New York, USA, and It will take place from Monday August 28 to Sunday September 10, 2023. Everything is set for action at Flushing Meadows, the scene of the activity that will eclipse world tennis for the next two weeks.

Finally for this edition the presence of Juan Martín del Potro will not be givenwho had generated a lot of excitement in Argentine tennis for the possibility of returning to competition in a place where he won his first and only major, in 2009, and in which he lost the final in 2018.

Who are the top seeds in the 2023 US Open men’s draw and who will they debut against?

  • Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dominik Koepfer
  • Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Muller
  • Daniil Medvedev vs Attila Balazs
  • Holger Rune vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
  • Casper Ruud vs. (Qualy rival)
  • Jannik Sinner versus Yannick Hanfmann
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Milos Raonic
  • Andrey Rublev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

What to expect from the 2023 US Open men’s draw

Carlos Alcaraz is among the strong favorites for the title and, if he progresses on his debut, he could play with the Argentinian Guido Pella in the second round. In the third phase appears British Daniel Evans as a possible rival.

While in eighths, Cameron Norrie is the candidate to be his adversary. In the rooms appear the names of Alexander Zverev or Jannik Sinnerwhile in the semi-finals, he could face Daniil Medvedev or Andrey Rublev.

In the lower part of the table the favorite is Novak Djokovic. If he wins on his debut, the Serb could play against the Spaniards Bernabé Zapata Miralles In the second round and in the third, a priori, everything indicates that he could have faced his compatriot **Laslo Djere. **

A potential rival in the round of 16 is Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, while in the quarter-finals he would come up against Stefanos Tsitsipas or Taylor Fritz, always hypothetically depending on the ATP ranking and the present of each player. In the semi-finals, the candidates are Holger Rune or Casper Ruud.

Alcaraz is the defending champion of this edition and will seek to add its third title at Grand Slam level (US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023). It comes from the fall at the end of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 against Djokovic, so now the focus is on a possible final between the two.

Who are the top seeds in the 2023 US Open women’s draw and who will they debut against?

  • Iga Swiatek vs. Rebecca Peterson
  • Aryna Sabalenka vs. Maryna Zanevska
  • Jessica Pegula vs. Camila Giorgi
  • Elena Rybakina vs. Marta Kostyuk
  • Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
  • Cori Gauff vs. (Qualy’s rival)
  • Caroline Garcia (Qualy’s rival)
  • Maria Sakkari vs. Rebeka Marasova

What to expect from the 2023 US Open women’s draw

The big contender for the title is undoubtedly the Pole Iga Swiatek, the No. 1 in the WTA rankings and who, at only 22 years old, has already won four Grand Slam tournaments (three at Roland Garros and one at the US Open last year). It is for this reason that she is the tennis player who will seek to revalidate the title.

Either way, he’s not the only big figure to feature in the draw. Aryna Sabalenka, number 2, 25 and with a Grand Slam under his belt (the Australian Open this year), is the second favorite. A duel between the two could only take place in a hypothetical finale, although before starting they will have to overcome certain instances that are not accessible at all.

On the eventual road to the final, the Pole could face the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the third roundwith Veronika Kudermetova in the round of 16only Cori Gauff could appear in the quarterfinals and finally in the semifinals she would collide Elena Rybakina or Maria Sakkari. All this, of course, in a hypothetical route depending on the ranking and the tennis present.

In the lower part, with Sabalenka as the favorite to enter the definition of the title, en route to the final, she could face Karoline Pliskova in the third round, what will be their first high-flying clash. In eighths, before Paula Badosa or Daria Kasatkina. In the bedrooms, in front Ons Jabeur and in halves, with jessica Pegula or Caroline Garcia.

Theodore Davis

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